Coin receptacle



Oct. 31, 1933. H 1,933,264

I COIN RECEPTACLE Filed Sept. 27, 1930 FIG. 4 FIG. 3

INVENTOR F. A. H0) 7 A TTO/PN Patented Oct. 31, 1933 I v t UNITEDSTATESPATENT Io F Ic-E,

Bell TelephoneLaboratories,Incorporated, New York, N.,- Y. a corporationof New York Applicationseptember 27, 1930 1 Serial No. 484,755

This invention relatesto coin receptacles and entire upper wall removed,showing the position more particularly to self locking detachable cashof the elements after the receptacle has been rej p boxes for use withcoin collectorsfor telephone moved from the coin box where thelockinglever systems but is not limited exclusively'to such use. hasfailed tofollow the shutter. I Y n 5 The principal object of this inventiongis toThe coin receptacle cover 1 is provided with 60 e;

- provide acoin 'receptacle of the above character a coinopening 2through which coins deposited that is simple'inoperation and not easilyde in the coin collector (not shown) pass on their frauded. Way into-thecoin receptacle. Between the" upper, T

In accordance with the above objectthere is and lower walls of the cover1 is located a mech- I L v provided an improvement on a coin" receptacleanism for'closing and locking the coin receiving 6 {1'15 of the typeshown in Patent 1,121,063 "to W. '0. opening 2, when'the coin receptacleis withdrawn 1 Beck, December 15, '1914 which describes and from itscasing in the coin collector; This'mech claims a coin receptacle havinga cover p roanism 'comprises a pivoted shutter Sadapted ,t-o Vided witha coin receiving opening, a closure rotate about a pivot 4. Pivoted onthe shutter 3 therefor, and a lock controlled bythe closure. in adepression 10 15a pawl 5.Thedepressionfm 3' The lock comprises a leverwhich is caused to '10 is so designed that it is material 'inthejoper-jfollow the closure and lock it in its-closed po ation of the elements ashereinafter described. sition by the action of a spring only; IfffOI' Astop 50 is provided for pawl 5. A spring G, any reason the lever becomesfouled 'or fails to engaging a notch 7 in the pawl 5 andheld' at Ioperate the closure will remain unlocked when its other end bypin 8tends to force the shutter 75 the coin receptacle is removed from thehousing.1 3 .over the coinreceiving' opening 2. When the A feature ofthe present invention provides shutter 3 is over the opening 2 it islocked in an arrangement lv'vhereby the closure is locked in: thisposition by apivoted member 'or locking its closed position by analternative locking means lever 9 asshownin Fig. 1 The .lockinglever 9should-the locking lever'be prevented from folwhich is pivoted at 51 andunder the tension of .80 I lowing the closure for any reason. a spring(not shown) tends to rotate clockwise Specifically the alternativelocking means con- 'about-pivot 51; The locking lever 9 maybe man: sistsof an auxiliary pawl which is pivoted on ually retracted from theposition shown in Fig.. the closure. When the receptacle is beingwith- 1to the position shown in Fig. 2 bymeans of i drawn from the housingthuscausing the closure a k'ey or other suitable means (not shown) whichto cover the coin receiving opening, the closure :is adapted to engagea. key slot 11 (see Fig. 2) positivelyactuates said auxiliary pawl andcauses accessible only from the underside of the cover. it to interlockwith the locking lever. -Should'the A pawl 13 holds the locking lever 9in its relocking lever be prevented from following the 010- tractedposition as shown in'Fig. 2. ,i The pawl 13. j I 35 sure to its closedposition the auxiliary pawl will" is pivoted at 14 and is' limitedin itsmovement 90 jam against the locking leverto prevent the 010-' by a pin15' engaging the edges of a slot 16.theresure from being opened untilthe lockingleverhas in. A spring {17 tends to keep the rear edge of beenreset. V v I the slot 16 in-contact with the pin 15 as shown The aboveobjects are attained :by the mechin Figs. 1 and 2; I anism illustratedin the accompanying drawing Pivoted shutter 3 is provided with an am2095 in which: v Y which extends upwardly from the inside of the Fig. 1is a plan view of the coin receptacle cover l to-t he outside thereofthrougha slot 21 cover, part of the upper wall being broken away andthence laterally beyond the edge of the cover to show the ordinaryposition of the various ele- Q 1 as shown infFig. 1. Integral with, orattached ments whenthe'coin receptacle is lockedup'on to the enclosingcasing (notshown) is a re- IOO' removal from its enclosed casing;taining member 22' which through engagement Fig. 2 is a plan view of thecover, with the with the cover 1 holds the coin receptaclewithin entireupper wall removed, showing the position the casing. At one'side theretaining member 22, of the elements as the coin receptacle is about isprqvidec i with an opening 23 through which-the to be inserted in itscasing; v "arm 20 may extend as shown in Fig. 3'. The l05 Fig. 3 is aplan view of the cover; with th V opening 23 is partially closed byalateral1y ex entire upperwall removed, to show' theipo'sition tendingpocket 24 on the retaining member, 22.1 of the elementsiwhen thereceptacle is'fully in-i' -The rear edge 25 of ;the pocket 24 is adaptedserted in its casing; and T I to engage the arm 20 when the cash boxisbeing Fig-M4 is .a plan view-of the cover, with the withdrawn from theretaining member 22 to ro tate the shutter 3 to a position before theopening 2. A shield 46 is attached by welding or other means to theclosure 3 in order to prevent tampering with the locking lever 9.

The construction and adjustment of the various elements are such that inthe ordinary operation of this device preparatory to the insertion ofthe coin receptacle (not shown) into the casing the locking lever 9 ismanually retracted against the pressure of its spring (not shown) untilthe free end thereof engages the surface 18 of pawl 13, therebyretracting the latter against the pressure of its spring 1'7. After thefree end of the locking lever 9 has passed the surface 18 the spring 1'7will again advance the pawl 13'unti1 a hook portion 19 thereof engagesthe end of the locking lever 9 as shown in Fig. 2. The locking lever 9is thereupon held retracted or in unlocked position until released ashereinafter described. Upon insertion of the coin receptacle into thecasing through the appropriate opening (not shown) the portion 20 of thepivoted shutter 3 passes insidethe pocket 24 and projects through theopening 23. On further insertion projection 20 engages the rear end ofthe opening 23 at 26 as shown in Fig. 3 and if the cash box is forcedintoplace in the direction shown by the arrows in Figs. 2 and 3 theshutter 3 is removed from 'completely covered by the shutter 3 and thecoin before the opening 2 by means of the end 26 as vshown in Fig. 3. Asthe coin receptacle is being moved within the casing the shutter 3 beingremoved from over the opening 2 projection 30 on shutter 3 is caused toengage the pawl 13 at 18 and release the locking lever 9 (see Fig. 3).The

locking lever 9 thereupon advances to a position against the projection31 of the shutter 3 as shown in Fig. 3. An arm 12 on the'pawl 13 engagesthe locking lever 9 at 52 as the pawl is forced back by projection 30thus insuring the advance of the locking lever 9 against the projection31., While the shutter 3 is being withdrawn from over the opening 2 thepawl 5 which is pivoted on the shutter 3 moves with the shutter 3 in adirection shown in Fig. 2. Edge 40 of the pawl 5 is so designed thatwhen the locking lever 9 is latched in unlocked position and the shutter3 is moved from over the coin opening it does not come into contact withedge 41 of the locking lever 9. Further insertion of the coin receptacleas shown in Fig. 3, causes edge 42 of the pawl 5 to ride up the side 43of locking pawl 9.

On withdrawal of the coin receptacle the edge 25 bears against the arm20 and forces the closure 3 over the opening 2. As the closure proceedsto "this position the locking lever 9 follows it by reason of its spring(not shown), The arm 20 of theshutter 3 and the pocket 24 are so proporetioned that the arm 20 projects too far through ,the opening 23 to allowthe cash box to be removed from the retaining member 22 unless theshutter 3 has been removed to a position such that the locking lever 9assumes approximately a perpendicular position relative thereto. This isshown in Fig. 1 where the opening 2 has been receptacle is about to bewithdrawn from its casing. The locking lever 9'isapproximatelyperpendicular to the arm 20 which is now able to.ridethrough the pocket 24 unobstructed. The locking leverv 9 in thisposition is at rest against the stop 32. Shutter 3 is now locked overthe coin receiving opening 2 until such time as the locking lever 9 ismanually retracted again. While the coin receptacle is being withdrawnthe pawl'5' moves with the shutter 3 under the con trol of arm 44 of theshutter 3 in the direction this deviceiurnishes alternative lockingmeans,

the operation of which functions asfollows: On

withdrawal ofthe coin receptacle the edge 25 bears against the arm 20and forces the shutter .3 over the opening 2. Pawl 5 which was in theposition as shown in Fig. 3 moves with the shutter 3 as it closes overthe opening 2 by means of the projection 44 and the spring 6. Duringthis operation the pawl 5 travels down the side 43 of the fouled lockinglever'9 and latchesfunder the end of the locking lever 9 as shown inFig. 4. Side 45 of the depression 10 in the shutter 3 is so designedthat the last short travel of the'shutter 3 actually pulls the pawl 5into position under locking lever 9 without depending upon the action ofthe spring 6. When the shutter 3 is completely closed over the opening 2the. pawl 5 is at rest on'pin 50 as shown in Fig. 4. In this positionshould any attempt be made to open the shutter 3 the pawl 5 will bejammed between the ternative lockingmeans insures positive locking 1 ofthe shutter 3 in its closed positionbefore the receptacle can beremovedfrom the casing even though the ordinary locking means may befouled.

Upon removal, the coin receptacle may be 7 opened by an authorizedperson after which the mechanism is manually set for reinsertion intothe enclosed casing as hereinbefore described. 7

What is claimed is: i

1. A coin'receptacle comprising a box, a cover therefor having a coinreceiving opening therein, a shutter for said opening, locking meanscomprising a lever for locking saidclosurein closed position, andadditional means tov lock said shutter in closed position, saidadditional means comprising a cam-like surface .on said locking leverand a pawl pivoted on said, shutter to engage I said cam-like surface. 7

2. A coin receptacle comprising a box, a cover therefor having a coinreceiving opening therein,

a shutter for said opening, double locking means for said shutter, oneof said locking'means comprising a lever for locking said shutter inclosed position, the second locking means comprising a pawl pivoted onsaid shutter and adapted to cooperate with said lever to lock saidshutter.

3. A coin receptacle comprising a box, a cover therefor having a coinreceiving opening therein, a shutter for said opening, double lockingmeans for locking said shutter in closed position, one of said lockingmeans comprising alever, said second locking means comprising a pawl"pivoted on said shutter adapted to cooperate with said lever and meansassociated with said shutter to control said pivoted pawl.

4. In a coin receptacle having an opening, a shutter for closingsaidopening, a socket having a restricted opening in the edge of saidshutter, a pawl having a cylindrical like end mounted in said socket toform a pivot for said pawl, and

means cooperating with said pawl to lock said shutter in its closedposition, said means 'co'm-- prising pivoted means mounted adjacent thefree end of said pawl.

5. A coin receptacle comprising a box, a cover therefor having a coinreceiving opening therein, a shutter for said opening, double lockingmeans for said shutter, one of said locking means comprising a lever,the other locking means comto lock said shutter in its closed positionuntil said lever is restored to said retaining means.

FREDERICK A. HOYT.

